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Bielefeld coat of arms
Middle of the
city ​​district of Bielefeld
Location of the Mitte district in Bielefeld
Coordinates 52 ° 1 '29 "  N , 8 ° 33' 33"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 1 '29 "  N , 8 ° 33' 33"  E.
height 118  m above sea level NN
surface 18.53 km²
Residents 81,456 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 4396 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 33602–33615 (old: 4800)
prefix 0521

Administration address		 Niederwall 23
33602 Bielefeld
Website www.bielefeld.de/de/bz/mit
politics
District Head Hans-Jürgen Franz ( SPD )
Allocation of seats (district representation)
SPD Green CDU left BfB FDP Pirates
5 5 4th 2 1 1 1
Transport links
Federal road B61 B66
railroad ICE
IC
Westfalen-Express
The Lipperländer
Wiehengebirgs-Bahn
The Warendorfer
Ems-Börde-Bahn
Weser-Leine-Express
Ravensberger Bahn

Senne-Bahn
Haller Willem
Porta-Express
The Leineweber
Light rail Line 1 Line 2 Line 3Line 4
bus various
View from Johannisberg

The Mitte district is the central district of the independent city of Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia . With more than 81,000 inhabitants, it is also the most populous district of Bielefeld.

geography

The Bielefeld city district Mitte is located on the northeast side of the Teutoburg Forest in the Ravensberg hill country in front of the northern exit of the Bielefelder Pass . The Teutoburg Forest assumes heights of up to about 200  m on the southwestern edge of the city district . There is no major river in the municipality; some streams such as Lutterbach , Baderbach, Mühlenbach, Finkenbach and Wellbach drain the area following the natural gradient in a north-easterly direction towards the Weser .

Expansion of the area of ​​the city district

The north-south extent and the west-east extent of the city district are each almost six kilometers with an area of ​​18.53 square kilometers. The town hall is located at an altitude of 113  m above sea level. NN .

Neighboring districts

At one point in the far west, the Mitte district borders on the Dornberg district , in the west and north on the Schildesche district and in the east on the Heepen district . The south is bounded by the districts of Stieghorst and Gadderbaum , where individual v. Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel are located directly behind the city district boundary.

Urban district structure

In the Middle Ages, the historic city center of Bielefeld consisted of two separate cities, each with its own council and mayor. The original settlement center was the old town around Obernstrasse and Niedernstrasse. From the 13th century was between the old and the new emerging Sparrenburg the Neustadt . In 1520 both were united to one city. Today the entire horseshoe-shaped area of ​​the historic old and new town is colloquially referred to as the old town .

The old town and the adjacent areas around the town hall , Jahnplatz , Kesselbrink and Bahnhofstrasse form the city center. The city center is the preferred shopping district in Bielefeld and the seat of numerous institutions of overall city importance.

To the south-east of the center, on the north slope of the Teutoburg Forest, south of Detmolder Strasse, the composers' quarter joins, which, with its many villas, is one of the city's better residential areas. North of Detmolder Straße is the densely built-up Dürkoppviertel , which borders directly to the east of the old town and is mainly characterized by its narrow streets and its numerous, closely built, colorful old buildings and the stone Dürkopp arches spanning the streets, which connect the buildings on both sides of the street connect, excels. The south-eastern outskirts of the city district around the reservoirs and the Oelmühlenstraße as well as the Walkenmühle belonged to the municipality of Sieker until 1930 and is still called that today.

The extensive residential area between Heeper Straße and Eckendorfer Straße in the north-east of the city district is a traditional working-class district, which is popularly known as the 5th canton . The residential area between Herforder Strasse in the west and north, Walter-Rathenau-Strasse in the east and Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse and Werner-Bock-Strasse in the south is called the Ostmannturmviertel . On both sides of Herford Street and the railway in the north of the district there are extensive industrial and commercial areas, to which another traditional working-class district connects to the northwest of the main train station with the Kamphofviertel . To the west of the city center, between Jöllenbecker Strasse and Wertherstrasse, there is a large old building area, which, due to its location and structure, is an attractive residential area, especially for university members. The center of this district is Siegfriedplatz . To the south of Wertherstraße there is a preferred residential area with Wilhelminian style villas that extend over the northern slope of the Teutoburg Forest.

The Bielefeld district of Mitte is not divided into official districts. An overview of the population distribution is given by the population of the statistical districts into which the city district Mitte is divided:

Statistical district Inhabitants
(December 31, 2019)
001 Old and New Town 2,860
002 Kesselbrink 3,029
003 Pauluskirche 4,642
004 Dürkopp 2,948
005 Regional Court 3,433
006 Siegfriedplatz / Upmannstift 11,438
007 North Park 4.164
008 municipal utilities 2,875
009 freight yard east 2,728
010 hammer mill 11,413
011 Königsbrugge 8,708
012 Brands Busch 2,910
013 Reservoir oak / wholesale market 4,679
014 Heeper spruces 10,598
015 vehicle fleet / Kammeratsheide 3.234
016 Schildesche farmers 1,797

history

As part of the local reorganization of the Bielefeld area and the associated expansion of the city of Bielefeld, city districts were established in Bielefeld in 1973. The city district Mitte was formed from the inner-city parts of the old city of Bielefeld.

The Mitte district does not have its own district office. The district administration tasks and services are performed by the Bielefeld city administration.

Religions

Neustädter Marienkirche

Both the Evangelical Church of Westphalia , the Protestant regional church and the parish of Bielefeld , which belongs to it, have their seat in the city ​​district of Mitte . The regional church comprises the area of ​​the former Prussian province of Westphalia and the church district covers the city of Bielefeld with the exception of the districts Brackwede , Senne and Sennestadt .

There are nine parishes in this parish in the Mitte district today:

Since May 1, 2005, the former Paul Gerhardt parish has again been part of the Neustädter Marienkirche parish, from which it emerged in 1958.

The Roman Catholic Church has also concentrated important administrative institutions in the city district. The Minden-Ravensberg-Lippe community association of the Archdiocese of Paderborn , which also includes the districts of Herford , Minden-Lübbecke and Lippe, has its seat in the Winfriedhaus near the Kesselbrink . The Deanery Bielefeld-Lippe has been based in the former monastery building next to the Catholic Sankt-Jodokus-Kirche on Klosterplatz since 2009 . Four parishes belong to the deanery in the Mitte district:

  • the parish of Sankt Joseph Bielefeld,
  • Sankt Jodokus Bielefeld,
  • the Liebfrauengemeinde Bielefeld and
  • the Catholic parish of Sankt Meinolf.

There are also various free churches , including a Mennonite congregation . For the members of the New Apostolic Church in the city district there are the parishes of Mitte and Kammerratsheide.

After many years in a building on Bismarckstrasse, the Jewish community has found a new home in the Beit Tikwa synagogue on Detmolder Strasse since September 2008 .

politics

Old Town Hall

Since the 2014 local elections, the Central District Council has been composed as follows:

District mayor has been Hans-Jürgen Franz ( SPD ) since 2003 . His first deputy is Gerald Gutwald ( Greens ) and his second deputy Jan-Helge Henningsen ( CDU ).

coat of arms

The Bielefeld district of Mitte does not have its own coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Museums

Bielefeld art gallery

The most important museums in the district include the art gallery , the historical museum , the natural history museum, the laundry factory museum and the fire brigade museum in the main fire station on the town wood.

Buildings

Sparrenburg

The landmark of Bielefeld and the entire Ravensberger Land is the Sparrenburg , located on the southern edge of the city district .

Parks

North park

The most important park in the center of Bielefeld is the Ravensberger Park , which forms a unit with the Rochdale Park . Other parks are the Bürgerpark , the Nordpark , the Ostpark and the Nicolaifriedhof. A small park (Human Rights Park) was created in 2004 when the Lutter at the Gymnasium am Waldhof was exposed . The "Dr. Mildred Scheel Park “is located at the Klinikum Mitte der Städtische Kliniken.

Sports

SchücoArena

The two largest football stadiums in Bielefeld are in the Mitte district. The largest is the SchücoArena , traditionally known as the Alm in the vernacular , and has 26,515 seats. The DSC Arminia Bielefeld plays here . Arminia is currently in the 2nd division. The second largest stadium with over 12,000 seats is the Rußheide stadium , where VfB Fichte Bielefeld , the Bielefeld Bulldogs and the second Arminia team play.

The “Ishara” adventure pool is located in the new station district directly behind the main train station. In the vicinity of the Ravensberger Spinnerei is the municipal outdoor pool "Wiesenbad", which is also the largest outdoor pool in Bielefeld and the only one with a diving platform with a 10-meter platform.

The Bielefeld cycling track , built in the 1950s, is close to the eastern border of the city district of Heepen .

In addition, there are the various halls and gymnastics rooms of the schools in the city district, such as the triple hall “Heeper Fichten” and the dual hall of the Volkening School.

societies

Numerous cultural institutions and associations are active in the Mitte district. These include:

  • Bielefelder Jugendring (BJR)
  • Scout tribe "Liebfrauen" in the German Scouting Association Sankt Georg (dpsg)
  • Association of German Catholic Youth - Bielefeld City Association (BDKJ)
  • Catholic Commercial Association (KKV)

Regular events

The most important events in Bielefeld's center are the Leinewebermarkt , the Sparrenburgfest and the Hermannslauf . Other events that are now taking place regularly are the wine market in the city center and the "La Strada" car exhibition in the old town.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

→ See also: Local transport in Bielefeld

Central Station
Jahnplatz 1985 with tram

The Detmold street as part of the B 66 connects the Bielefeld city directly to the approximately seven kilometers eastern exit "Bielefeld Zentrum" of the A2 Dortmund - Hannover . The Ostwestfalendamm as a motorway-like section of the B 61 Hamm - Minden is Bielefeld's most important north-south axis. Its importance is to increase with the completion of the A 33 , which relieves the busy Detmolder Straße and enables a junction-free motorway connection to the industrial and commercial area on Eckendorfer Straße.

The two public transport hubs, Bielefeld main station and Jahnplatz, are located in the city district . Another train stop is Bielefeld Ost on the railway line to Lemgo . The Ravensberger Bahn / Der Lipperländer from Lemgo-Lüttfeld to Bielefeld Central Station stops here every hour .

The four lines of the Bielefeld Stadtbahn run bundled between the town hall and the main train station in order to provide a quick connection between the districts they serve and the city center in seven directions. Jahnplatz, just one tram stop away from the largest underground station “Hauptbahnhof”, is the central transfer point for city ​​buses in all directions and the meeting point for the night bus lines. Until the inner city tunnel of the Stadtbahn opened in 1991, trams ran from Jahnplatz via Herford Street to Bahnhofsplatz.

The ADFC and moBiel operate a large bicycle station right at the main train station .

Companies

Companies represented in the district include Seidensticker , Dr. Oetker , Schüco , Benteler , Claas Guss and Miele . The skyscraper of the Deutsche Telekom branch near the Kesselbrink is visible from afar .

media

The Bielefeld regional studio of West German Broadcasting is located in Lortzingstrasse . The regional programs for Ostwestfalen-Lippe are produced here. Radio Bielefeld , the local radio for the city of Bielefeld, is also located in the Mitte district, as is the Bielefeld Open TV Channel

district Court
theatre

Public facilities

A separate district office has not been set up due to the close proximity of all municipal offices and institutions. Other state offices and judicial authorities are located in the city district of Mitte, such as the main customs office, the finance and construction office, the federal property office, the state environmental office, the district court of Bielefeld , the district court of Bielefeld and the labor court of Bielefeld . There are two hospitals in the city district. The Mitte Clinic of the Bielefeld City Clinics is located on Teutoburger Strasse. A nursing school and a training center of the Central Academy for Professions in Health Care as well as an MTA school are attached to it. The Catholic Franziskus Hospital, popularly known as Klösterchen , is located in the west of the city district on Stapenhorststrasse, is the teaching hospital of the Hannover Medical School and also operates an education center for professions in the health sector.

Important venues in the Mitte district are the Bielefelder Stadthalle , the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle and the Seidensticker Halle, which opened in 1993, for concerts and sporting events such as indoor soccer and handball. The old Ravensberger spinning mill , the roundhouse, the jazz club and the Ulmenwall bunker are also important concert venues.

There are eight old people's and nursing homes in the city district. The Evangelical Johanneswerk operates the Marienstift, the Lutherstift and the Perthes-Haus. The retirement homes St. Josef and St. Laurentius are in Catholic ownership. The German Red Cross carries the Martha-Stapenhorst-Heim and the Arbeiterwohlfahrt the Wilhelm-Augusta-Stift. There is also the “Ravensberger Senior Center”.

Units of the British armed forces in Germany are stationed in the barracks known as Rochdale Barracks.

education

Colleges

Five departments of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, located in the neighboring Schildesche district, are located in the Mitte district:

  • FB design
  • Department of electrical engineering and information technology
  • Mechanical engineering department
  • Department of Mathematics and Technology
  • FB Nursing and Health.

In addition, the university campus of the Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) with its four departments is located in the center of Bielefeld.

  • Department of Economics
  • FB Media
  • Department of Personnel / Health / Social Affairs
  • FB advanced studies.

schools

Council high school

The oldest school in the center of Bielefeld is the Ratsgymnasium, founded in 1558 . The building of the Ratsgymnasium is a historical monument and borders the Richard-Kaselowsky-Garten to the east. Added to the Cecilie school , the Gymnasium am Waldhof , the Helmholtz-Gymnasium and the Max-Planck-Gymnasium four other high schools as well as with the bosses school, Gertrud-Bäumer-school, Kuhloschule and Luis school in urban sponsorship four secondary schools . The educational offer of the lower secondary level is supplemented by the two municipal secondary schools , the Luther school and the Siek school. The primary level covers nine elementary schools .

Special schools in the district are the Opticus School, LWL special school, special focus on vision, the Westenkampschule LWL special school, special needs hearing and communication and the Ravensberger school LWL special school, special focus language (sec. I).

There are five vocational schools in the municipality. In addition to the Bielefeld branch of the state-recognized education center for information processing professions (bib) based in Paderborn, there are four Carl Severing vocational colleges in the city of Bielefeld, namely for clothing technology, biotechnology, housekeeping and social affairs, for handcraft and technology, for metal and electrical engineering as well as for economy and administration.

The Westfalenkolleg Bielefeld as a state institute for obtaining the university entrance qualification is located in the city district, as is the evening grammar school and the evening secondary school, which together form the advanced training college of the city of Bielefeld.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics of the city of Bielefeld (as of 2019)
  2. ↑ Bielefeld Old Town (archive version). Kaufmannschaft Altstadt eV, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; accessed on December 22, 2015 .
  3. ^ Evangelical Petri community in Bielefeld. Petri parish, accessed on December 22, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Bernd J. Wagner: Kamphofviertel (archive version). (PDF; 3.0 MB) Bielefeld City Archives, archived from the original on April 20, 2014 ; accessed on December 22, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Data from the city of Bielefeld
  6. ↑ Parishes in the city district Mitte on the website of the Evangelical Church District Bielefeld. (Accessed August 12, 2011)
  7. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: Ravensberger- and Rochdale Park in LWL-GeodatenKultur
  8. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: Citizens Park in LWL GeodatenKultur
  9. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: North Park in LWL-GeodatenKultur